Kildare County Council grants permission for 50-home scheme at Clane, Co. Kildare

In context

It is one of 61 housing scheme applications Kildare County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,557 nationally. Of the 3,030 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 11 September 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Kildare County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD), consisting of alterations to a permitted LRD (Kildare County Council Reg. Ref. 23/972), at a site on lands on the western side of Millicent Road and southern side of Prosperous Road, Clane and Crockaun Commons, Clane, Co. Kildare. The development will consist of an amendment to Condition 17(a) of the permitted LRD( Kildare County Council Reg. Ref. 23/972), together with consequential amendments to Conditions 22, 23 and 25(a), to facilitate the phased delivery of the permitted Link Street. The proposed amendments will result in the permitted Link Street between the R403 Regional Road (Prosperous Road) and L2004 Local Road (Millicent Road) and associated junctions and works being completed and operational prior to the occupation of the 51st residential unit of the permitted LRD. The L2004 Local Road (Millicent Road) junction will be developed initially to facilitate the occupation of up to 50 no. residential units. No further amendments are proposed to any other aspect of the permitted development as part of this amendment application. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the Applicant: www.millicentroadlrdA1.ie